
1 
This Order may be cited as the Irvine (Pilotage Powers) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st October 1988.
2 
In this Order “the Company” means the Irvine Harbour Company.
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(1) The Company shall be a competent harbour authority for the purposes of the Pilotage Act 1987.
(2) References in the Pilotage Act 1987 to the harbour authority’s harbour in their application to the Company’s harbour shall be taken as references to the area within the harbour which comprises the waters of the sea bounded by —
(a) an imaginary straight line extending from Stevenston Burn (latitude 55° 37'.6N longitude 4° 45'.2W) one mile in a south westerly direction to a point at latitude 55° 36'.7N, longitude 4° 46'.3W;
(b) an imaginary straight line extending from North Gailes Burn (latitude 55° 35'.5N longitude 4° 40'.0W) one mile in a south westerly direction to a point at latitude 55° 33'.3N longitude 4° 41'.0W;
(c) an imaginary straight line joining the seaward ends of the two aforementioned straight lines, together with all bays, rivers, creeks and channels within that area.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Michael Portillo
Minister of State,
Department of Transport
1st September 1988